Serving the Savior

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Serving the Savior

  • February 4, 2026
  • Posted by: Rebecca Lichtenberg
  • Category: Wow Story
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~written by Darla Beckwith, LSEM teacher at Grace Lutheran School in Jacksonville, FL~

As a special education teacher, you become a jack of all trades—for all grades and subjects. You prepare alphabet clip cards on the same day you create some algebraic equations. Days go by and it’s easy to forget the WHY of what you are doing. Yes, you are helping the students, but you are serving the Savior.  

There’s been a family that has been an important part of the Grace community for over 10 years. I’ve been privileged to work with both their children. Recently, during our weekly Chapel, I got to witness one of them come to the waters of baptism! Here amongst the clips, stickers, and whiteboards, God did the ultimate work. This young man was washed clean, reborn, and welcomed as an official member of God’s family. What a beautiful and powerful moment it was to see the Holy Spirit at work—surrounded by family, classmates, and church members who have loved and encouraged him along the way. 

At LSEM, and indeed as Christians, we are reminded that God’s promises are for all His children. Watching this student take this step of faith reminds us of the importance of nurturing hearts and minds in Christ Jesus, both in the classroom and beyond. We rejoice that he now walks confidently as a baptized child of God—loved, forgiven, and forever His. 

“We love because He first loved us.” – 1 John 4:19